Flores de los Caminos a Santiago

Stimulate the interest in the flora of Spain and Portugal

Equisetum telmateia

Equisetum telmateia

Popular names

Spanish: Equiseto mayor

English: Great horsetail

Dutch: Reuzenpaardestaart

Portuguese: erva-pinheira

French: Grande prêle

German: Riesen-Schachtelhalm

Identification: Sure
Camino: Camino del Norte
Found between: Orio - Getaria
Province: Guipúzcoa
Plant size: < 10 dm
Ecology: Sites permanently seeping water, open habitats, eroding sea- and river-cliffs, roadsides

Distribution map